Italian Balsamo ends Dutch reign in women's world road race
LEUVEN: Italy's Elisa Balsamo won the women's world road race title on Saturday ending a four-year run of success for Dutch riders.
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Opinion: Christophe Laporte’s maiden Tour de France stage win a worthy prize for Jumbo-Visma's signing of the season
Christophe Laporte has come a long way since being Nacer Bouhanni’s deputy at Cofidis. If the Frenchman saw off that particular battle at his former team, the closest he ever came to winning a stage on the Tour was finishing in the wheels of compatriot Arnaud Demare at Pau in Stage 18 in 2018.
London 2012, 10 years on: wrestling with a sporting legacy built on false assumptions
And what a time it was, and what a time. What a deeply – looking back now, almost exactly 10 years on – unutterably strange time. If the London 2012 Olympics had a moment of optimum energy, a thermal peak, it would be 9.46pm on Saturday 4 August in the swooping eves of the Olympic Stadium.
‘Sobbing by the side of the road’ – Simon Geschke polka dot heartbreak at Tour de France ‘transcends’ cycling
Simon Geschke (Cofidis) broke down in tears at the end of Stage 18 after he was superseded in the mountains classification. Geschke started the day in the polka dot jersey – holding a 12-point lead over Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) – but having failed to make the break and then trying and failing multiple times to bridge over, he was unable to contest points on the Aubisque, Spandelles, or Hautacam climbs.
Manchester's lost railway stations and what they became
Like many cities across the UK, Manchester has seen plenty of railway stations come and go over the years.
Christophe Laporte delivers long-awaited home win on stage 19 of Tour de France
Christophe Laporte delivered an overdue French win on the 109th Tour de France as Fred Wright was the nearly man once again and the sprinters were left to wonder what race organisers have against them.
Tour de France: France's Laporte wins stage 19, Vingegaard stays in the lead
Laporte, of Jumbo Visma, managed to close a gap from the main peloton to a stubborn escape group around 1km from the line before edging ahead to easily win this largely flat stage.
Laporte breaks French Tour jinx as Vingegaard closes in
Christophe Laporte won stage 19 of the Tour de France to end the French wait for a home victory as the sprinters were again denied the chance to contest the honours.